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Serial 022 Page 0959 Chapter XXVIII. SIEGE OF MUNFORDVILLE,KY.

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15,000. About 300 rebel troops at Mount Sterling and 100 at Winchester. Kirby Smith's forces, which were at Lexington and Frankfort, have moved on toward Cynthiana and Covington. Rumored that a portion of his forces are moving toward Louisville. Colonel De Courcy, of General Morgan's command, is at Manchester wit his brigade, and is collecting supplies for the army at Cumberland Gap. General Morgan's entire force numbers about 7,000 effective men. He has thirty pieces of cannon, with a moderate supply of ammunition for them; has plenty of ammunition for small-arms. Provisions will hold out eighty days yet.

General Bragg crossed the Tennessee River on the 25th of August. General Stevenson has from 10,000 to 15,000 men immediately in front of Cumberland Gap. Kirby Smith's force altogether in Kentucky number from 30,000 to 40,000. Recruits for the rebel army are being raised very rapidly in Kentucky.

SIR: I have the honor to report that on September 8, 1862, according to a special order from General Boyle, I assumed command of the forces at Munfordville, Ky. I immediately set to work building fortifications for defense of the railroad bridge over Green River.